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If you lose contact with someone, I suppose all of our initial reactions include checking the network to see what sorts of curses are afflicting us today. It could be they've just turned into a bird and flew away - or a mermaid, or whatever is thrown at us. Maybe the next step ought to be breaking out the bloodhounds or combing through our particular selection of vampires or other supernatural creatures, but I happened to skip the optimistic parts and go straight for the Hall, today.

[ There's a second's worth of an uncomfortable pause before he continues. ]

Ariadne has left the City.

It seems like she knew it was coming, [ eames isn't mad at all she didn't warn them in advance nope nope nope ] so she left instructions and gifts. Anna Assaoui, apologies if I pronounced that something awful, Orange, White, Rupert, Ginny, Miss Mae, Steve, and Lady Sif - you're welcome to drop by our house to pick up a few items if you like. I'm not mailing them out, so it's on you to take the initiative.

Though, Rupert, it's the horse, so obviously that's not here.

Right.

That's all, then.

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If you need me, I'll be having lunch at the Blue Light.

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She—

[A breath. Careful, controlled.]

When?

When what?

When did she go?

That's a pity.

[ One less plaything 8( ]

All right.

Are you sure you want to do that?

...she might be pissed off when she gets back.

[Even though he's saying it like that, Larry knows it can go either way. He wants her to be able to come back.]

Ariadne's gone? She was... cool...

[Pause.]

And when did you get bloodhounds?

I'm sorry to hear that. She was a good friend.

Today - this morning, likely. I just considered it odd the messages I was sending were bouncing back, you know what happens after that.

In a way, yes. But most people are better off at home.

[ Jerk B( ]

I imagine - should she come back - she'll have plenty of vengeance if you didn't care for Sunny properly.

She wanted me to.

That's assuming that she'll come back and that she'll remember her past time here if she comes back.

Figurative bloodhounds, Neil.

I think the deities didn't agree with you. Or they did and liked her so much they decided to send her home.

[ He's a little surprised to see Percy replying, because Percy, but it's true that Ariadne had plenty of interaction with the Weasleys. ]

No need to be sorry. By now she's returned to her studies, anyway.